and the people of israel. we will continue to fulfill this mission. the white house is monitoring the situation closely. president biden has been in contact with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu for the very latest. let's turn now to fox news correspondent stephanie bennett, who is live in london. good morning, stephanie. good morning jonathan. yeah, more than 300 drones and missiles were intercepted during that attack last night by the israeli defense system, along with their allies. now, iran has reiterated as well, as you mentioned, a warning to israel that if they fight back, they should not respond to this attack because the next steps would be bigger, they claim should that happen. iran also warning washington that backing israeli retaliation would lead to targeting us bases. this, of course, is the islamic republic's first ever direct attack on the jewish state, raising the risk of a broader regional confrontation. the idf says 99% of the drones and missiles that were were shot down before they

that would cause israel or israel's allies like that u.s. to say okay it is overbroad that it's not going to happen until every drone is a shot down or y hit somewhere on the ground. itis just beginning breed that s not over. one good thing about that this is it. we do not want to escalate let's see what happens as far as what targets are hit. seems to be a week you need statement of i could use that terminology. >> we've lost your audio. jon: we apologize major general retired from the u.s. army, thank you. the middle east on high alert as iran launches the major drone attack on israel but let's bring in fox chief national security correspondent jennifer griffin, what do you have? >> well jon, what is really surprising right now as we are starting to see some of those drones being intercepted by israel's significant missile defense systems. what is unusual and i have never seen before has been engaged over jerusalem. that suggests the drones are flying or in the air. fired missiles at israel it was largely believed no outside country arab o

has asked israel to give u.s.ads up and even assay before any decisions are made, not asking questions whether it has been received from the israelis or not but kirby also said today on meet the press that the u.s. will continue to work with prime minister netanyahu advising him and making clear to him that the u.s. will help and continue to defend israel. >> thank you so much. >>> we heard from democratic representative adam smith and seth moulton, this hour up next, we are going to head to capitol hill for more on how the attack is expected to affect congressional plans for the weekend ahead and what that could mean for the legislative agenda. you are watching msnbc. watchin ♪♪ some people just know that the best rate for you is a rate based on you, with allstate. because there's a right way to. stop! and the speed limit definitely isn't. 700 million mph. so why would you pay a rate based on. a terrible boss with a terrible haircut! save with, ooh. save with drivewise and get a rate based on you. you're in good

as israel is under attack from iran, we stand with israel and its people. and the united states will do everything we can to support israel's defense against iran. now, i've said similar things to that, but that's actually a quote from the senate majority leader chuck schumer. as israel is under attack by iran, we stand with the israeli people and do everything week to support israel's defense against iran. the majority leader said basically the same thing on the nation's mall he said he wouldn't sleep until we helped the people of israel. it's been almost 200 days since iranian-backed terrorists attacked israel and brutally killed women, senior citizens and children, since that horrific day on october 7th, i've called for aid to our ally israel with no strings attached on this floor four times. sadly, democrats have blocked our efforts every single time. every time we come forward to have this debate my colleagues on the other side of the aisle stood on the floor and lectured us, why the stand alone is somehow unreasonable. well, what's unreasonable to me,

israel.sraeli forces are on high alert and will sound alarms if and when those drones approach israel. trey yingst is live in tel aviv with the latest. trey. >> reporter: yeah, jon, good evening. an unprecedented moment in the middle east. of iran has launched a direct attack against israel. there are dozens of drones in the sky right now headed toward this country. according to our sources, israeli jets have been dispatched, the israelis hoping to hoot down some of these drones -- shoot down some of these drones before they etch reach their air space. moment also comes at a time where american forces are in the region, and they have pledged to help the israelis defend against such an attack that is taking place p. we do understand israeli air space will close in about 30 minutes to commercial aircraft. the jordanians have already issued a notice to airmen, closing their air space. and right now reuters is reporting that the jordanians have declared a state of emergency amid the tension escal

passed aid bill to israel. the president can sign it and get the aid to israel. it's time to show where america stands, is it with iran and hamas or israel? it has to be one or the other. it can't be both. as for me and my colleagues, we choose israel. time and again, we see others stand with israel. my message to my colleagues is that actions speak louder than words. we're tired of hearing the pro-israeli lip service while blocking every effort to help israel in its time of need. history will not forget this. let's do the right thing. as if in legislative session and notwithstanding rule 22, i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of calendar 241, h.r. 6126, i ask that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. the presiding officer: is there objection? mrs. murray: i object. the presiding officer: objection the presiding officer: objection >> c-span now is a free mobile app featuring your unfiltered view of what is happening in washington live a

on israel. at the same time, we do think de-escalation is key and our message to all, including israel, is that the escalations is important. our secretary is currently in italy to speak with his g-7 counterparts and they will be focusing on that. >> i take it that the uk government was not given any prior warnings of an attack, given what you've said. >> i would not be privy to that so the answer is, i don't know. i think it's important to recognize this is an emerging story and that these are unconfirmed reports. >> and you talk about the need for de-escalation. president biden told benjamin netanyahu to take the win after israel succeeded in shooting down the vast majority of the projectiles tamed by iran. the uk, as referenced, has urged restraint. would you support israel if it were to be confirmed? >> i don't want to get into hypotheticals because the question you've asked beggs and many other questions as to what form that retaliation may or may not have taken. the overarching message is

in israel's defence. a member of israel's war cabinet, benny gantz, warns israel will retaliate. translation: faced with the threat of iran, we translation: faced with the threat of iran. we will— translation: faced with the threat of iran, we will build _ translation: faced with the threat of iran, we will build a _ translation: faced with the threat of iran, we will build a regional- of iran, we will build a regional coalition and collect the prize from iran in a way and at a time that suits us. the us warns it doesn't want the crisis to escalate into a wider war, but says it's up to israel, how to respond. it says it won't take part in any attack on iran. in tehran, supporters of the iranian government celebrate the attack. iran warns israel not to retaliate and says it has no intention of prolonging operations. this is the scene live injerusalem. benjamin netanyahu's war cabinet has met. the region is at a dangerous crossroads. welcome to bbc news. israel is warning that it will retaliate after iran fired a huge barrage of drones and missiles at israel. the israelis say that

we need to help israel. if ukraine, we need to help taiwan, and we need to secure our own borders, the world is under attack, and we all have a responsibility in an obligation to get this done >> is it possible fabian heights that iran has just done ukraine a favourite tonight that this might be the event that gets that aid package across the finish line >> well, i would say that depends on the and internal politics and the n's i would say that ukraine is actually made similar experiences to israel. and the way that i'm american made western-made air and missile defenses have turned out to be quite formidable, but i'm russian threat what ukraine is also shown this, that you need the numbers and the stockpiles that are available in the west are not endless. and the wrapping up production takes a lot of time so i guess now the big question is, where as america lawyer global commitments, what do you prioritize and how assign the arsenal that you, that you have no question, maybe in hi, thanks so much for joinin

and the _ to defend the state of israel and the people of israel.on. that was the idea spokesperson _ mission. that was the idea spokesperson speaking - mission. that was the ideal spokesperson speaking just moments ago with me, christina, former state department correspondent, interesting to hear, some of that we knew, the numbers there, 200 drones and missiles interesting to pick up on some of the language that are used, he said that this was are used, he said that this was a major escalation on behalf of iran and he also said that the attack is ongoing so it is possible that we could see more missiles or drones on their way? missiles or drones on their wa ? . �* , missiles or drones on their wa ? ., �* , ., missiles or drones on their wa? ., ., missiles or drones on their wa ? ., �*, ., , ., ., way? that's what stood out to me, the attack _ way? that's what stood out to me, the attack on _ way? that's what stood out to me, the attack on going - way? that's what stood out to me, the attack on going and l way? that's what stood out to | me, the att

israel. i'm christiane, amanpour in london alongside my colleague alex marquardt in washington. and we're learning more about iran is unprecedented attack on israel this morning, iran says it targeted the base. israel used to strike the iranian consulate in damascus the idf says more than 300 missiles house and drones were fired in yesterday's attack the majority were fired from iran itself, but some were launched from iraq. and yemen. only a few were able to peers the defense's hitting an air base in southern israel causing minor damage. and there are no reports of major injuries or deaths suffered directly from the strikes. israel says, the us, britain, and france also acted during the strikes. us forces intercepted more than 70 one-way attack drones and at least three ballistic missiles, according to two, us officials familiar with the matter. and this morning, tehran says the matter has brought concluded it won't the united states and israel against any future attacks. but israel's forces

to attack tonight in israel? >> one would hope it is not a city attack. and 100 some odd drones. that's a long flight time. they are vulnerable to being shot down. israeli f35s . i wouldn't expect many of those some odd 100 drones are going to get through. if they did hit a civilian target, if they go after idf targets in the middle of urban areas, they will kill israeli civilians but again, i don't think catastrophic loss of lifel in israel is a triggering function. it's the nature of this attack. they simply nhave to respond t iran. this can't be the new normal to have israel live under this level of ballistic missile threat. >> given what has been happening the last six months with israel, more and more isolated, losing arab allies they had. the saudis and others who had been considering normalization put on their back feet and not willing to do anything until a total withdrawal from gaza. and a two-state solution. at least on the horizon. so given all of that, where do you see any kind of future for this regi

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tempers are running high in pakistan over israel's onslot in gaza. in dramatic incident a kfc restaurant in pakistan administrated kashmir was setably. during an anti-us israel protest, following the incident, police detained over 50 individuals who were accused of attacking the restaurant in the mirpur district, we do not support the burning of kfc, but we want to boycot it as it is in support of genocide, we stand with boycott and we do bycott, we don't not want them, we just want them not to fund israel and help them in their genocide. the arson comes as us israeli genocide in gaza shows no signs of abating. the regime's attacks on all areas of the besieg territory, including hospitals, schools and aid convoys continue. we are already seeing the... impact on the economy, on the financial decline of mcdonald's and baycott, it's huge, even in some countries, in arab countries, those outlets are being closed because nobody is buying it, the ongoing genocide in gaza has fueled anger and frustration among people worldwide, prompting calls for boyots ag

israel is ready for a deal. israel is not ready to surrender.rime minister benjamin netanyahu speaking, there. our chief international correspondent lyse doucet is in southern israel. as the israel gaza war reaches six months mark. it was here in the early hours on october the 7th that hamas gunmen from the gaza strip stormed into southern israel, killing 1200 people and kidnapping more than 250. israel called it its darkest day. at the end of the murderous assault, 1,200 israelis were dead, and over 250 had been taken hostage. the attack sparked what's become the deadliest and most destructive israel—gaza war. here in sderot, you can see on the horizon, gaza city. even today, we can see the smoke rising. israel carries out a campaign it says it will continue until hamas is destroyed. in the last few hours, we have heard from the israeli military. the israeli military says it has withdrawn more ground troops from the southern gaza. they are leaving only those who are to secure a corridor which now divides the strip. it comes after four months of

there's a difference in israel between the october 6th, israel in the october 7, israel?ou can contain this. that's october 6, thinking. and we saw what happens when after years of missile defense in gaza, what happened on october 7 with the kamal massacre? if we don't retaliate now are we setting ourselves up potentially for another october 7 in the future from iran >> yaakov, i very specifically asked you how you expect israel to respond rather than should israel respond and to get a sense from you of where the trees thinking is. as things stand, because israel will be and is being encouraged to ensure that it doesn't escalate the already, already very, very critical and delicate situation that this region is in at present is benjamin netanyahu and his government listening to the solder pressure, they are likely to be under from the biden administration. now, about how they respond >> there's definitely pressure and israel is so far is holding back its fire and has yet to retaliate. i think that there's a spectrum, becky, on the one hand, israel could attack, for exampl

it’s israel -- has below. it's always— israel -- has below. it's always been _ israel -- has below.ecause of what they used up in their attack last saturday —— hezbollah. the wildcard had always been hezbollah, they have the range the iranians don't have and a quantity of insoles of the iranians don't have and that before their targeting is probably better than the iranians as well so if the iranians as well so if the iranians are pulling hezbollah into this fight, i think it brings a different dimension to what is going on here. if this isjust an what is going on here. if this isjustan iranian what is going on here. if this isjust an iranian retaliation, mike is right. probably not a lot to worry about. but if the iranians decide to ramp it up ljy iranians decide to ramp it up by bringing in their hezbollah colleagues, it's a different game. colleagues, it's a different name. ~ ~' . colleagues, it's a different name. �* " ., ., colleagues, it's a different name. . ., colleagues, it's a different name. ~ ~ ., ., .,~ game. mike, what do you take about the _ game. mike, what do you ta

to see last weekend, as a win for israel. we have seen israel respond. we heard from iranian officials who told reuters news agency they have no plans to respond. let's bring in our security and defense editor. a lot of developments the last few hours. we are looking at live pictures of lord cameron and the u.s. secretary of state antony blinken at that g7 foreign minister's meeting. there is an attempt to deescalate the situation. they are saying iran attacked israel last weekend. israel has now responded. that some kind of line now needs to be drawn to bring an end to this. not sure if that will happen but for now, there is an attempt to bring down the tempo. >> and you really have that sense. the public comments that people have been saying about the need for being strong and tough. but also smart. with israel's response. everybody really appreciated that israel wouldn't be able to do nothing in response to iran's unprecedented attack on israel over the weekend. especially the use of ballistic missiles in that direct strike against israel. though most

israel. i is terrible for the united states and us have it. pretty unequivocal about that by the said, we're not getting pulled into a military right. and that yahoo a seems to think that he really wrong this, the us government and sometimes the wrong exactly sometimes and feels that way. so he doesn't pay bite. and i at the face value in that sense a he thinks he can manipulate things or force the hand of the united states, or get the us to come neatly behind the what is real says because after all of the us keep saying no red lines while you're in the cloud commitment and all the rest on, but it's been clear, this is not what the us should do and what it wants to do. but that yahoo was provoking, i do think again though there are some serious on certain things about what really happened with the rainy and attack. it seems more likely than not that there was some pretty bad news for israel in that several. i apparently hypersonic missiles got through and hit their targets. that's gotta be ab

israel has done - them can you bring us up to speed about what israel has done other. about what israelthan the steps _ about what israel has done other than the steps it _ about what israel has done other than the steps it announced - about what israel has done other than the steps it announced in i about what israel has done other. than the steps it announced in the immediate — than the steps it announced in the immediate hours— than the steps it announced in the immediate hours after— than the steps it announced in the immediate hours after the - immediate hours after the president _ immediate hours after the president. . ._ immediate hours after the president... immediate hours after the resident... ~ _, ., ., president... were continuing to have conversations _ president... were continuing to have conversations with _ president... were continuing to have conversations with our _ president... were continuing to have conversations with our counterparts l conversations with our counterparts in israel. you know we put out a readout of the rafah meeting yesterday and it was a constructi

of israel and the people of israel.his is a mission that we are determined and ready to fulfil. meanwhile, us president joe biden is meeting with national security officials and cabinet members. this is video of his motorcade saturday on its way to the white house, after he cancelled a weekend trip to his residence in delaware. mr biden will be in the situation room, along with secretary of defence lloyd austin, secretary of state antony blinken, and several other top security officials. earlier, secretary austin spoke with his israeli counterpart yoav gallant to reiterate washington 5 unwavering support for israels defence. american fighterjets and naval assets are also in the region. i want to read a statement from the white house national security council spokesperson adrienne watson on the attacks joining me live is our diplomatic correspondent james landale live in jerusalem. la ke very lake very good to have you with us and which are hearing right now it's iran has launched this strike and hundred drones in iran a

>> israel is a bipartisan issue. letter of 40 democrat members of the house of representatives, nancy pelosi being one of them. others say they don't want to say anymore arms transfers. basically what that states is to be able to say listen, screw around there with our allies and find out what happens. >> the great state of florida. we thank you for your service and thank you for your time today, sir. >> the united nations holding an emergency meeting following iran's attack on israel. we will have more on that after the break. bea ♪ the united nations security council will meet today after iran launched a direct attack on israel. it will be held to determine what is next. we are live at the united nations with more details. hello. >> hi mike. a strong exchange of words from both the israeli and iranian ambassador to the un security council president. ahead of the emergency meeting for this afternoon. israeli ambassador and his latest post on x calling for the council to now impose sanctions alongside his earlier cal

they fired 170 explosive drones towards israel. none reached israel. they were intercepted beforehand and launched 30 cruise missiles towards israel and none of those reached israel, and they were all intercepted outside israel's airspace, and out of the 120 ballistic missiles they fired, towards us, a handful actually reached any sort of destination. so, we are poised and prepared for any developments. the reality is one that's extremely tense and, and think we have to look open eyed to what can actually happen further and that is why the idf is prepared in our aerial defenses continue to be on high alert. >> before we get onto that, what involvement was theres from your allies in particular the u.s. and the uk because we understand the royal air force was on an operation in the region at the time. >> i don't want to talk on their behalf. i think we each have our own seats at the table. think over the last six months, there's been a lot of coordination and we saw the head of the u.s. sent com over the last few days. i would say ironing out details in

helping israel defend itself. an extraordinary coalition, the british, the french, the jordanians, saudi assistance in termsce of their overflights. so it was a lot of help and support the u.s., primarily, is helping. in operation of israeli air defense, air defenses. and then internally, for the drones that were coming closer to israel, using, of course, the iron dome. what has happened now, back to your original question, is extraordinary, unprecedented exchange of attacks between iran and now territorially, by israel pick up until now, israel has, they have had the shadow war going on, through proxies, operations in the red sea. but also through israel's attack, inside iran on their nuclear facilities, taking out the top scientist a couple of years ago. the top nuclear scientist doing things like the attack on damascus, but never until now, and open attack inside iran by israel and now iran is against israel. this is exactly what the administration was warning against if it becomes a s -for-tat and if it escala

to attack israel. they didn't. they tried to do it with their drones, which were subsonic. took a long time to come. as we mentioned the other day, but also the israeli is, can also retaliate against iranian proxies in both iraq and syria and damascus. they have already done that against the quds forces in the region. so by hitting iranian agents and iranian proxies. but without hitting iran directly, it could continue to play that game for a long time. however, as you mentioned, there is always a risk in a spiral. at one point of time, the dam might break. at one point of time, one of the countries might need to show to their clients or to their population that they are. they have the resolve and that is a dangerous moment, israel has received from around the world, obviously, support in its war against hamas. it's also received a great deal of criticism for the way it is prosecuting that war. do you believe that those who have been critical of the war in gaza would be critical if israel nponded mitar

following such a massive and direct attack on israel, the entire world, let alone israel, cannot settlewill defend our future. iran's ambassador to the un told the meeting that its actions, which were in retaliation for a deadly air strike on its consulate in syria, werejustified. these countries, especially the united states, have shielded israel from any responsibility for the gaza massacre, while they have denied iran inherent right to self—defence against the israeli armed attack on our diplomatic premises. amid rising tensions, the attacks have received widespread international condemnation. the scale and nature of iran's heinous assault, the first direct attack from iran on israeli soil, poses grave risks to the security and stability of citizens across the middle east. now world leaders are pressing for de—escalation in a bid for calm in the region. we have a shared responsibility to work for peace. regional and indeed global peace and security are being undermined. all eyes are on israel and how it responds. yolande knell, bbc news. israel and its staunchest allies say the irani

will stand by israel if it has to defend itself. and i think it's fair to assume that the, the same kind of message is expected to be a broadcasted by those 27 leaders in one way or another in one form or another towards iran, to woods all parties in the. busy in the middle east, and let's not forget that the us was, of course, always trying tour. and the last few weeks, specifically trying to really be open about their intelligence that they know iran is cooking something up and that everybody's expecting you, ron, to retaliate for the attack is rarely a tech on a general consulate in damascus. you, ronnie, john, comes on a damascus on april 1st. so i think the diplomacy, diplomatic pressure, a clear communication to iran, look we, we know what you did, we see what you did. we hear you, but now stay away from anything else. now this works both ways. i think also the us is trying to make really, really, really sure that israel understands that the us is not, is not keen on, is really actions which could escalate. this. what happens

. :,: drawn into a direct attack against israel. .: :, , , israel.ollah _ israel. the fact that the supreme leader ayatollah khamenei - israel. the fact that the supreme leader ayatollah khamenei and l israel. the fact that the supreme l leader ayatollah khamenei and his closest advisers crossed this line, what does it tell you about the mood in the upper reaches? it what does it tell you about the mood in the upper reaches?— in the upper reaches? it tells me the are in the upper reaches? it tells me they are under _ in the upper reaches? it tells me they are under a _ in the upper reaches? it tells me they are under a lot _ in the upper reaches? it tells me they are under a lot of— in the upper reaches? it tells me they are under a lot of pressure l they are under a lot of pressure from their own people and from the general public opinion in the region. not only in iran. among their allies, among the people in their allies, among the people in the region, the arab world and the islamic world. the public opinion is very important for the iranians lea

by israel's allies the support for the us and israel by israel and the us allies internationally and particularly in this region well, we've seen, i'm trying to walk this very fine line as you know, a lot of the air partners and the region had been very against what israel is doing in gaza from the >> very get-go, they have come out against some of these operations that have been undertaken in gaza, particularly as this war has dragged on for more than six months. and we've seen 33,000 people killed according to local health authorities at the same time, in the past couple of hours, we have seen the regional allies and partners coming out with concern about what has happened, voicing their concern about this iranian attack on israel. and there is a very keen sense here that no one wants to see the situation explode that was a fear at the very outset of this conflict six months ago. and now it has come back to the very forefront here. becky, as everyone is watching for what israel will do and what iran will do if israel does carry out continued counter attacks here so it actually insi

israel, there is no need for israel or palestine. they don't sell or do anything we necessarily need in the united states. they need to billions of dollars we give them and there needs to be a justification for it. you are watching that justification now. we have left and held harmless the ultraconservatives. we have held harmless the fact they themselves sent those people to the desert. when they kill those people -- why are we asking that? host: are you saying this is a false flag operation? you don't believe what happened on october 7 happened? caller: what i am saying is october 7 absolutely happened, but for you to believe it is just hamas, he could not have happened with the ultraconservative israeli government, you were foolish. yes. i believe this is a false flag. it is to pivot us back to the middle east and what you are watching is part of that. host: that is jacket virginia. naomi out of baltimore, maryland. caller: good morning. thank you for taking my call. i could not agree more wholeheartedly with the previous caller.

to see from israel? >> yeah. there are a couple of different factors i think impact >> that wolff unit. i want to earlier tonight, jim, as secretary esper, about whether or not that's responsive attacking nuclear facilities in iran is it kind of thing that united states would be drawn into? i want to answer that question very directly and say absolutely yes it would be and that's why i think that it's important for israel to look at some of the other potential targets in iran that do a couple of things. one, deal directly with iran, capability with their military capability now there are lots of targets there that could deal with as a circulatory, esper said, drones their ability to manufacturer missiles and rockets. and i think all of those things are fair game. but it's also the case that we have to remember that the global sort of reaction to israel's actions in gaza as it relates to the policy finance has shifted. and so when we look at targets in iran that might impact the iranian people, that has t

how will israel respond, or how should israel respond? options. we can attack the proxies, or we can attack iran. but i think we have to pay attention that iran chose last night to send those rockets from iran. they could have sent the proxies, like they did in the last few months, but they actually chose to go to another level of the conflict, to escalate the conflict, and to send the rockets from iran. my personal opinion is that we should attack the facilities or the areas from where we were targeted last night. so in your view, i hear what you say, which is the war cabinet are having those discussions, but in your view, there should be a retaliatory strike on iranian soil. that's what should follow from what we saw last night, is that what you're saying? absolutely, absolutely. we have to build the deterrence, otherwise in our neighbourhood, if you show weakness, it will happen again. they will find another excuse or reason to attack israel, and all of a sudden we will be in the same situation we were last night, when millions of peop

just restated his are in cloud support for israel. so where does this actually leave us policy that? well, it's fascinating. yes. as you say, you know, the united states and as well, we're fighting over a humanitarian aid and other foxhole buddies. i mean, united stepped in directly into the battle tonight. um, to save israel from, from those that swarm of drones and missiles. the question is, can they use that for political leverage for diplomatic leverage down the line when they need some compromises from these really government that remains to be seen. but i think certainly they're going to be closely coordinated in their response over the next coming days. and weeks and with regard to the ron, there's no world consensus that what he rounded was unprecedented and unacceptable . and so it's very different than the humanitarian issue down in gaza. this battle for israel is the one they've actually been seeking. it's a long time coming. this confrontation with iran know, ron's representative at the united nations has told us to stay h

the big issue will be israel.cause it is clear that president biden is being influenced by the hamas wing of the democratic party. >> to that point you have senator sanders there and when your colleagues who says in the boston globe not another nickel to netenyahu he says,'s america want to be on the side of history of standing with people who are child killers and creating starvation? those are his words. he seems determined to block anything going to israel! >> yes! and in the past 60 days we have seen president biden go wobbly in his support of israel. and today the white house is already leaked to the press early this morning that they will not participate in an israeli response to what iran jousted. let me say it again, more sheep will not solve the wolf problem. my advice to the president today for what it's worth, mr president, don't! stop it. support israel. with respect, go to amazon and by a spine online. peace through weakness never works, not with these men. >> shannon: what about the issue of raw fund

that's hugely important to the state of israel and security to the state of israel.and relieved and understand the importance of the security and relationship with the united states. and every day they say that the idea of this administration support of israel is ironclad and now they understand we mean it. so i think it's important for people to understand and what we think about this going forward. >> do you think they will take the win? i mean, meaning stop and not retaliate at this point in time? >> listen, i am not going to get into the minds of netanyahu and. >> what are the factors he considers. >> i think that they clearly the importance of what the administration is saying to them, listen guys, we have your back. okay. proven by last night, and success that you have had basically taking on unprecedented barrage of rockets, we have got your back. this administration biden and harris and blinken and sullivan on the calls with netanyahu and gants and for the last 72 hours. so they understand we are heavily, heavily vested in this. so they don't have to weigh al

it wasn't just israel that intercepted some 300 projectiles fired towards israel.key allies, the united states said it had helped to bring down some of the objects in the sky, so tandy ended jordan. the fighter jets of britain and france were also part of the operation but let's get more details on exactly how involved was through the night. joining me now from the ministry of defence in london is our news correspondent, azadeh moshiri. what more are you finding out from the mod this morning?— the mod this morning? well, as far as what the — the mod this morning? well, as far as what the mod _ the mod this morning? well, as far as what the mod has _ the mod this morning? well, as far as what the mod has said _ the mod this morning? well, as far as what the mod has said so - the mod this morning? well, as far as what the mod has said so far, i as what the mod has said so far, they've said that there was already an operation in place in the region, 0peration shader, which essentially was there to respond to the islamic state group. so, what the response involved with

iran needs to punish israel. that means it needs to show that his damaged israeli structures and israeli territory iran, is a problem. israel is very successful at air defense and the united states is brought in some of the finest military operate operators on the planet to assist that. >> so the >> idea that iran might expand its attack force might be consistent with that. second, iran isn't used to an awful lot of international punishment for its actions and it sees that israel and the united states are working together, but there aren't an awful lot of european actors standing with israel involving military personnel right now so that you don't really have an reason for iran to believe there will be a significant pushback by the international community if it chose to expand its force. last one has blob. >> i >> do believe has blood needs to show it's putting skin in the game. but at the same time has blessed not firing major weapon systems where the type of weapon systems that would risk and israeli response a

iran versus israel. so with the concern being that this line has now been crossed and iran can do direct action within israel, how does israel reset the boundaries? general? how do they reset that? this is not an acceptable response. what is the escalation from israel that accomplishes that without provoking an all out war. hey. well, good morning and to the rest of the team. yeah that's that's really the essence of where we are. right now. i think israel is doing its own battle damage assessment to see what really impacted, you know, the reports of 99, in effective or effective response from the israel and the us or good reports and the kind of thing that you want to hear. and right now, you know, last night, my understanding is that, their war council approved a strong response in principle. and, and today, putting those plans together, what do they do, i think in large part is, you know, where where the rest of this region will go, i know one thing for certain. i would be very judicious if i were neta

so, they have been urging restraint on israel. the first direct attack on israel.een a shudder between israel and iran for years, but this is the first direct attack by iran on israel, that was clearly a sign that they will not listen to those calls. i think the pressure now, is on israel to show restraint. and so, western diplomats will be saying to israelis that we have got your back, diplomatically. and they will be saying you don't need to take this further. now, they made it clear, at least publicly, they had said that they deem this public affair, israelis are skeptical about that, they say there could be more to come. i think the question for the west is, if the west was attacked by 350 drones, missiles, ballistic missiles, with they think that it was now over, in terms of would you just turn it over to diplomats, or would you feel you had to retaliate? well, israel has to retaliate, it has to strike back now, it is a question of who has the last word here, will they be reassured by the diplomatic entity or feel that they have to do something out for what ir

israel made it to israel's air space. they were intercepted beforehand. a handful of ballistic missileses were able to reach their december destination, out0 of, six or seven hit israel and were able to reach a target in the air base down south. it caused -- they caused -- each one of those ballistic missiles carried a war head of around 100, 120 kilograms, it's a substantial war head. we were happy that the coalition came together and prevented from those actually -- any success, really as such. the air base that was hit did receive limited damage. the air base continued to be operational throughout the course of the day. we had our own f-35 aircraft were landing there, coming back from their operations that they conducted in he defense of the skies of israel. i would say first of all a very good result. for us, a failure of iran's position and a very strong regional and global message to iran not to mess with us. rachel: peter, i would like to move on to the cease fire deal that israel put forward that now hamas has rej

with regard to israel, the issue in israel is somewhat different.rael has conducted itself in gaza, leading to more than 30,000 deaths of which most are civilians and half our children, has led to a very serious pushback in congress against providing funding to israel until he changes his tactics. and that is what is probably going to be changed as a result of the iranian attack in israel. that will probably change the dynamics, which might free up the entire package leading to support both for israel as well as for humanitarian purposes in gaza. and ukraine. >> congressman, while israel is vulnerable to these attacks from iran and depending on how much this escalates could become much more vulnerable, they have not yet changed their tactics in gaza. >> therein lies tomorrow. and the next day. congress will be back on monday, we'll see what happens between now and there. the president and myself and many other members of congress said no, we're not going to go with more aid, not the president but the president has been pushing hard for israel to cha

but all of israel, that is northern israel you can see, all of israel currently on a state of alert, launch its promised attack on israel. operation true promise is how it is been described by iran's revolutionary guard. daniel levy is a former negotiator and president of the us middle east project. welcome to the programme. what is your assessment of where we are right now? , ., ., , ., assessment of where we are right now? , . ., , ., ., now? there is an awful lot of speculation. _ now? there is an awful lot of speculation. there _ now? there is an awful lot of speculation. there is - now? there is an awful lot of speculation. there is also - now? there is an awful lot of speculation. there is also an | now? there is an awful lot of- speculation. there is also an awful lot of, i imagine, disinformation. part of this is psychological warfare as well as to what is exactly going on, that will become clearer in the coming hours. i think what we can say right now is, let's stick to what we know, which is that for the six months, it has been quite clear that the signal sent by iran where

iran took this action to try to attack israel over 300 missiles and drones were fired at israel.ly is a malicious act. and certainly israel has the ability and the, i think the right to defend itself. sumi: chairman turner, i just want to ask you more about that. first of all, iran says it is responding to israel's strike on the consular building in damascus. you said if the biden administration fails to step up to the plate and make clear to iran that there are redlines here that we will be in a broader conflict and have fewer options. what do you mean by redlines and what response do you expect then from the white house? >> i think it was premature. i think they are responsible for the white house to immediately -- i think the response from the white house to immediately take off the table at they will not be involved. you give iran the confidence that they have a space in which they can attack israel and they are not going to be subject to actions by the u.s.. even though after the president had taken actions to move increased military capabilities in the area, if he wishes to

the state of israel. and i also understand the need for israel to maintain strategic deterrence. iran needs to know there will be serious consequences if it attempts to harm israel. deterrence serves to prevent expansion of conflict. but i also understand the massive consequences of israel and iran descending into a broader war and what that would mean for the united states and the rest of the entire world. an expanded israel-iran war would distract from the ongoing conflict in gaza, a conflict that must end, while assuring the elimination of hamas' military capabilities. we still have the challenges that we must get and must free the hostages remaining in gaza and achieve a humanitarian ceasefire. famine and the current humanitarian catastrophe must be reversed at all costs. and there must be a realistic plan for the future governance and reconstruction of gaza. one that results in palestinian control of the strip. an expanded israel-iran war could also serve to drag the united states of america deeper i

israel's defence minister called it one of the most dramatic nights israel had ever experienced.iran, the launches were celebrated one after the other on national television. punishment, iran said, for the strike on its consulate in damascus two weeks ago. translation: there is no intention to continue this operation. - but if the zionist regime takes steps against the islamic republic on its soil or against areas linked to us in the region, our next operation will be far greater than this. the attacks were celebrated by iranians outside the british embassy too, seeing them as punishment for the war in gaza and calling for israel's destruction. iran's government has said it's not seeking to escalate the conflict. tonight, a member of israel's war cabinet said there would be a response. translation: faced with the threat i of iran, we will build a regional i coalition and collect the price from iran in a way and at a time that suits us. british planes helped shoot down dozens of the launchers. the prime minister has now joined israel's allies in calling for restraint. if this atta

directly attacking israel. how does that change the equation of these two countries that have been at better odds for the better part of 40 years now? >> reporter: so there is a chicken and egg scenario here, which we so often find in conflicts in the middle east am aware, as you mentioned, israel and iran have been daggers drawn really since the 1979 islamic resolution in that country, where being anti- zionist, anti-imperialist, anti- american, anti-israeli became part of the, the country's mantra, became part of its, it's lifeblood and motto. and israel has carried out attacks in, in iran many times, and has killed iranian scientists, it has use proxies to carry out attacks. there have been attacks on weapons facilities in iran, weapons destined for iranian proxies like hezbollah. and then, of course, two weeks ago, there was the iranian attack on the diplomatic eldon, on the embassy annex in, in damascus. what we're seeing now, which is different, is iran responding directly. iran responding directly from i

of israel. now, we heard but also that the united states is going to try to intercept anything that flies in the direction of israel. israeli military spokesman are saying it could take hours for those drones to reach israeli territory. and as you said, cruise missiles as well, according to israeli media, have been launched in the directory correction of israel. now as a result, is rarely airspace has been closed jordanian airspace has been closed. iraqi airspace has been closed israel, of course, we knew even before this news came out about the launch of drones and cruise missiles that tomorrow, all schools and universities cities in israel have been canceled. we understand it in haifa, bomb shelters have now been opened. so essentially, the region is waiting to see when those projectiles reach israel. will they actually hit anything? as we know, israel has the ability, along with united's tate's to track them as they fly in the direction of israel. and we've seen that way, it's the arrow nt mi